[Looking for lease or hunt club]

Thanks man, I really apreciate it.

On the upside, we didn't pay for our beers :/

[Let's see everyone's motorcycles]

Here's what I had back in England. Had to sell it before we moved here. Stupid Import laws stopped me from shipping it over

1999 Yamaha Wildstar, bored out to 2.2 litre, gas flowed heads, polished ports & high lift cams. Lowered the frame & widened the back end (a little ) I did all the engine work myself along with all the frame mods, forward controls, pipes, the seat & bars + all the little fiddly bits you don't notice, way too many to list! (My trade, if I were to have one, is a custom bike builder. Did nothing but build bikes from 19 to 26 years old) The wheels were custom made for me, to my specs, by Thunderbike in Germany. Cost more than the original bike!

I still feel sick that I don't have her to ride. I ended up having to sell her for about a tenth of her value.

[14 Days Cold Turkey]

If you want a real incentive, go hang out with a couple of old smokers for an hour or two. I guarantee the stench will keep you straight!

[Looking for lease or hunt club]

Yeah, it blows the big one. We only paid our dues the week before. This was the first time we'd set foot on the land since last year's season wrapped up

WD, I may take you up on your offer, unless I get something really good scouted out nearby. I'm fine sleeping on any sofa made!

[14 Days Cold Turkey]

Good job Brother! January 6th is 5 years for me. I used the patches rather than going it cold, but it still ain't a walk in the park. If I never do anything else worthwhile in my life, I can still look back on quitting the cigs & be proud.Be warned, however. The first & second week is tough, real tough & it gets easier after that,but beware the 3-month monkey. After a while you'll get the urge, but not the craving, to 'Just have the one'. FIGHT IT like you've never fought before. The bastard got me twice before I finally managed to overcome my own mind & that was possibly the toughest part of all. Not getting over needing to smoke, but getting over wanting to smoke.Stick with it though, it's definately worth the effort!I take my hat off you.

p.s. If this is your first time trying to quit, don't be ashamed if you don't manage it. I'm sure you will, you've made it this far, (My first attempt 'cold' I lasted 4 days & got into 2 fist-fights!) but there is no shame at all in not getting it on your first attempt. In all honesty, it strengthens your resolve & prepares you for the second attempt. You know how it'll feel & how it'll affect you & you can mentally prepare yourself much more easily.

[God did not create the universe, says Hawking]

Have you ever felt like standing up for your faith:koolaid:

Have you? All I've seen so far is a load of rote-fashioned quotations. For the god's sake man, come up with your own arguments. Use your own brain. You may stand a better chance of converting someone with persuasive debate, rather than shouting meaningless scripture.

Biblical scripture is only meaningful to those who already believe. To anyone else it's just archaic bollocks.

Quit frothing & think for yourself.

[God did not create the universe, says Hawking]

Billy Connolly on religion......Really, really NSFW. Lock the kids in the basement, or deafen them with chopsticks.......

[Looking for lease or hunt club]

Well, I got some fantastic news yesterday. I went to the lease a friend of mine has (had) up near Decatur. It's a great little campsite, with 85 acres of real thick brush, cabins for ouruse & a bar! 4 of us spent a few hours hanging stands & clearing lanes. I joined in his lease this year, along with 3 other guys. We all met up at the bar afterwards for a few barley sodas & to discuss plans when the land owner came in. She very happily informed us that she's sold the land, banked our check & spent the money on a one-way plane ticket back to her family home in Wisconsin.

I'd been banking on hunting this lease all season & now I'm stuck without anywhere to hunt, other than public land. I wasted 6 hours work, 5 hours round-trip driving, 3 tanks of diesel driving back & forth + $150 in lease fees. Awesome.

So, does anyone know of any open leases around Franklin/Coffee/Lincoln/Moore/Grundy or Marion Counties, or possibly a hunt club I could join in with? I don't hunt with anything but traditional archery gear & traditional muzzleloaders & frankly, I'm not the best hunter in the world. Long on enthusiasm, short on talent, so I'm not going to clean up anyone's deer population!

Really need y'alls help here guys!

[What little known belief did these four brillant scientist have incommon?]

Did you not considered the fact that the Big Bang theory had not been postulated until long after all four were dead, before you posted?!?!?!

You would think that a 60 year old, who is obviously fairly well read would have a little more common sense, wouldn't you?

[Any out of state trips this year?]

I'm not sure which I'm looking forward to the most; Meeting up with one of my best friends, my first sighting of The Rockies, the dry air, the hunting or the 2 day drive out there! I've never been further west than Crane, TX & I'm really anticipating getting to see more of this great country.

I just hope I've got all my licenses & tags right. The WY Fish & Game regs are a nightmare to understand if you've never done it before!

[Any out of state trips this year?]

What part of WY Rob?

Just outside of Pinedale. Going to go stay with a really good hunting buddy for a week or so.

[Any out of state trips this year?]

I'm headed out to Wyoming in October. 2 antelope tags & a cow/calf Elk tag in my pocket, longbow in m' hand.

Can't wait!

[God did not create the universe, says Hawking]

I don't read Klingon.

[Bosnian Rambo is back In "Killer Of Death"]

and that is why U.S is better than Europe. everybody belongs here.

'cept people from;

BRAZIL

CANADA

CHINA (mainland) - Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are eligible

COLOMBIA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ECUADOR

EL SALVADOR

GUATEMALA

HAITI

INDIA

JAMAICA

MEXICO

PAKISTAN

PERU

PHILIPPINES

POLAND

SOUTH KOREA

UNITED KINGDOM (and its dependent territories) - Northern Ireland are eligible GRRRRRRRR!!

VIETNAM

'cos we're all ineligible for a Green Card unless we're

a) Married to a Citizen

Multi Millionaires

c) Employed by a US company that can prove that no US citizen can do the job

d) Related by blood to a US citizen, or

e) A refugee, informant or have helped the US to overthrow our own government

However, I digress. Killer Of Death (said in a deep, gravelly voice) is still gayer than a 'frisco chorus line.

[Hobo With a Shotgun]

Rocks like a fox with a box full of socks! Can't wait!

[God did not create the universe, says Hawking]

Jamie, I didn't write this, it's quoted from a reply on another forum, but it's exactly what I was gonna type anyway, regarding the Universe as an Atom, Theory.

"You're not the first person to wonder that. The first thing to remember with this line of thinking is that we have no information about anything "outside" of this universe (if such a place exists at all)...so we're mostly limited to speculation (imaginative and mathematical).

In general, our universe does not seem to behave like a subatomic particle...so it's probably not...but then again, we cannot see our universe "from the outside".

But, there are scientific speculations that our universe is but one in an infinite number of other, equally valid universes or that our universe is contained within a larger meta-universe. Interesting to think about...no hard evidence though. Check out the "many worlds" theory, M-theory (string theory), etc."

[God did not create the universe, says Hawking]

I'm surprised I haven't seen any Pastafarians come out of the woodwork in this thread.

I just had to go Google 'pastafarian'

Sheer Genius!

[God did not create the universe, says Hawking]

The one good thing about Trigem's "spewage" is that it reminded me that I needed to go put some whiskey in this glass of cola...

So maybe he really is doing God's work after all....

Hmmmm that there could be a universal truth. I myself have just polished off a drop of 18 year old Talisker. Refill required!

[God did not create the universe, says Hawking]

Alright, lets make this simple!

Did your bow evolve or did it have a maker

How about your guns,cars,knives, cell phones etc.......

Of course they were made by a creator:p They didn't just evolve out of nothing:screwy:

Now! if they needed a creator than how much more would people need to have had a creator! Are you telling me that small junk made by humans can't evolve but we did,

C'mon trig, you can do better than that. Things like that are created by a person, not a divine being. The designs & manufacturing materials & methods have obviously evolved & improved over time.

Think before you drink before you post

[God did not create the universe, says Hawking]

You know what? I honestly think that is has been one of th most informative & educational forum threads (for me) that I've been a part of for a long time!

[God did not create the universe, says Hawking]

The difference being that historical accounts of battles etc... were written at the time, by observers & witnesses. The bible was written a long time after the fact (no pun intended!) History regularly discredits accounts that are later proven to be second or third hand.

[God did not create the universe, says Hawking]

The Bible is a book of stories, some real.......

Could you please tell me which ones? No proof exists that any of them are true.

[God did not create the universe, says Hawking]

FOSSIL YEARS: TENS, THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS?—Does fossilization really take millions of years?

The fact that something is fossilized does not mean that it is millions of years old. In fact, scientists know that fossilization can take place rather rapidly under the right conditions; quick burial, the right amounts of water, and suitable minerals.

Conditions for fossilization were ideal during the Flood. Researchers have discovered that bones, wood and other objects can fossilize in relatively short periods of time (e.g., 5 to100 years), if the conditions are right. Fossilization does not take millions, or even thousands, of years.

I can show you fossils are here in TN, In a riverbed you can see the layers that cover them, they are shallow, plants that are easy to find

That would be petrification, not fossilization. Petrification takes place when minerals are completely deposited on the outside of an object & take the form of the object they surround. Fossilization is a process of lithification & remineralisation by the surrounding minerals

FYI: Mt St. Helens proved that wrong.

Not really. That's like pouring concrete over something & calling it a fossil. Once again, Mt St. Helens remains are petrified, not fossilized. the remains were covered in hot volcanic ash & molten lava which hardened upon cooling, leaving mineral covered remains.

[Sons of Anarchy Season3]

When's the new season of Dexter start?

[God did not create the universe, says Hawking]

Oh dear. You'd done so well with your previous post.

One more time and this is just for trigem; Just because Science can't yet fully explain someting, doesn't automatically indicate the presence of a God's hand in it's creation.